Notable wins at Heavyweight with a weight disadvantage ?

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  1. Dynamicpuncher

    Dynamicpuncher Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Usyk

    vs Chisora = 217 vs 255
    vs Joshua = 221 vs 244
    vs Fury 1 = 223 vs 261
    vs Fury 2 = 226 vs 281

    Louis

    vs Simon 1 = 202 vs 254
    vs Simon 2 = 207 vs 255
    B.Baer 1 = 201 vs 237
    B.Baer 2 = 207 vs 250
    Carnera = 196 vs 261

    Holyfield

    Bowe 2 = 217 vs 242
    Foreman = 208 vs 246
    Holmes = 210 vs 233
    Douglas = 208 vs 246

    Chris Byrd

    vs Vitali = 210 vs 244
    vs McCline = 216 vs 270

    David Haye

    vs Chisora = 210 vs 247
    vs Valuev = 216 vs 316

    Archie Moore

    vs Baker = 190 vs 209
    vs Valdes 1 = 180 vs 209

    Deontay Wilder

    vs Helenius = 214 vs 253
    vs Ortiz 1 = 214 vs 241
    vs Breazeale = 223 vs 255


    Sam Langford

    I haven't got the actual weights but Langford was Middleweight sized 5'6 guy who beat alot of notable Heavyweights.


    Other notable wins with weight disadvantages.....

    Quarry vs Lyle = 200 vs 219
    Chagaev vs Valuev = 228 vs 319
    Holmes vs Jones = 211 vs 254
    RJJ vs Ruiz = 193 vs 226
    Hunter vs Bakole = 213 vs 256

    Anymore you can think of let me know.
     
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    Roy Jones V John Ruiz.
     
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    Dynamicpuncher Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Adding that to the list cheers i'm surprised that one slipped my mind.
     
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    Hunter vs Bakole = 213 vs 256
     
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    Nice one adding that to the list aswell.
     
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    Parker V Zhang, almost a 50 pound difference.

    Parker - 247 pounds
    Zhang - 292 pounds
     
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    Jack Dempsey at 187 vs Willard at 245
    Bob Fitzsimmons at 158 vs Gus Ruhlin at 195
    Sam Langford at 168 vs Sam McVea at 205
    Sam Langford at 158 vs Iron Hogue at 196
    Max Baer at 209 vs Primo Carnera at 263
     
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    Monte Barrett’s 47 second destruction of Tye Fields though I cannot find the weights
     
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    Rico Spadafora Master of Chins Full Member

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    For me it has to be Dempsey vs Willard. And Willard took an absolute savage beating. Has any title fight with that type of size disparity been as one sided and brutal?

    Baer vs Carnera was another one but Baer was almost 6'3 he was just at a weight disadvantage and the beating was more prolonged.
     
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    Joe louis vs Tony Galento
     
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